if there is a similar effort and it has the tacit or direct support of Turkey, it is not going to help not just Israel-Turkey and the whole situation in the Middle East, it is not going to help the United States relationship with Turkey either.

If it wanted to be an independent country, then the path was there and it required a minimum of effort on democracy and human rights.

Without the United States putting a spotlight on it, it is going to be a secondary issue in Europe.

But conditions are changing. They are changing by the tweet.

We could always buy more equipment, but you cannot always buy more troops as if you can pull them in off the shelf.

I am apprehensive that maybe we are going to need a larger standing Army to not only meet unintended things in the world.

I just want to echo your remarks and that of the ranking member in thanking both Secretary McHugh and General Dempsey for all that they do to keep our country safe and to keep our troops safe.

Thank you for organizing today's hearing on public health, medical, and bioterrorism preparedness.

So, I think we're now going through an evaluation whether Pakistan's our ally and friend.

I think our initial concern was whether Pakistan shared our commitment to fight extremists, and that was our main concern.

We spend a lot of taxpayer support in Pakistan, and I think all of us understand the strategic importance of that country.

I have my doubts on some of those expectations, but thank you very much for your responses, sir.

Of course, we believe that Colonel Qadhafi should be a target of this investigation.

the principal reason for international intervention in Libya is to provide safety for the people in the country.

I think you are absolutely right. I guess my main point on this is that, look, we all want to see a regime change and stability in the country as quickly as possible.

If this conflict becomes protracted, the number of migrants will increase and will cause increasing problems in the surrounding countries.

Obviously, the situation in Libya is fluid. It changes.

I want to leave a better world than the one that I found. I want to leave a world with more opportunity.